July 12, 2021 - Monday (280/365)


Day 280 of my 365 Photo Journal

Today has not been as good as yesterday. Quite a few things seemed to be off today. First, Ollie is still not feeling great and has been clingy. She woke up at 6 and I went into her bed with her to see if she’d calm down a bit. She did and we both fell asleep from about 7 to 8. We got a later start to the day than we were expecting, so Ben went to pick up the kayak later than we planned. When he got back with it, I saw that it wasn’t a typical kayak, but an ocean kayak, which is longer and thinner than normal. I couldn’t fit into it. ☹ I am really bummed that I won’t get a chance to kayak at all on this trip now. And Ben has a double kayak and only one person to really put in it. Later, we decided we’d still plan on having lunch at the brewery in town that we’ve been to in the past. When we got there, they said they were opening an hour late. We walked around a bit and then Patrick and his family disappeared while we were shopping. So then we walked around searching for them and eventually made our way to the restaurant after reconnecting with them. Here’s my thing. I am perfectly fine with our two families doing separate activities sometimes! That is not a problem AT ALL. However, if we’re out somewhere doing an activity TOGETHER, you can’t just walk away without saying what you’re doing. Right? Like, it has to be planned! Whatever. Patrick said he tried to text Ben with what they were doing, but texted the wrong person instead. I was annoyed. Anyway, when we got back to the brewery, we had to sit at two separate tables, because they didn’t have anywhere to seat 11 and that was a little frustrating. THEN, Ben asked if the menu would be limited and the waitress said it would be and that there would be no fries, which we had promised Ollie! There was no AC in there either, so we decided to take our family and head home. I think me and Ben were both just feeling like things were just getting crappier and crappier. We came home, ate some lunch, sat down by the water and it has been fine. (It’s only 4:30) I’m craving some junk food and I’m getting so sick of the bugs here, but I spent over an hour reading and that was a really nice break for me. Because, ME ME ME ME ME ME!!! Yikes.

Okay, the evening has been better! Just getting some time relaxing and relating makes a difference. We spent some time on the beach and Ben got to use his metal detector finally! No treasure yet.





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